Induction of tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in rat cardiac myocytes: Impact on cytokine-induced NO generation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Kasai, Kikuo ^a   Hattori, Yoshiyuki ^b   Banba, Nobuyuki ^b   Hattori, Sachiko ^b   Motohashi, Satoshi ^b   Shimoda, Shin Ichi ^b   Nakanishi, Nobuo ^b   Gross, Steven S ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Guanosine 5' triphosphate cyclohydrolase I; Heart; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEPIAPTERIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030823719     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.2.h665     Document Type: Article

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